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Matt Coyle

Best-selling author Matt Coyle is the winner of the Anthony Award, the Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal, the San Diego Book Award, and is a Shamus, Macavity, and Lefty Award finalist as well. He has a degree in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has worked in the restaurant, golf, and sports collectible businesses. Matt lives in San Diego with his yellow Lab, Angus.

Awards: Shamus (2021), Lefty (2020), Anthony (2014) see all

Genres: Mystery

New and upcoming books

December 2025

The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2025

Series

Rick Cahill
   1. Yesterday's Echo (2013)
   2. Night Tremors (2015)
   3. Dark Fissures (2016)
   4. Blood Truth (2017)
   5. Wrong Light (2018)
   6. Lost Tomorrows (2019)
   7. Blind Vigil (2020)
   8. Last Redemption (2021)
   9. Doomed Legacy (2022)
   10. Odyssey's End (2023)

Anthologies edited

   LAst Resort (2017) (with Mary Marks and Patricia Smiley)
   Crossing Borders (2020) (with Lisa Brackmann)
   Crime Under the Sun (2023) (with Naomi Hirahara and Tammy Kaehler)
   The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2025 (2025) (with Michael Bracken)

Books containing stories by Matt Coyle

Promophobia (2022)
Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction
edited by
Diane Vallere

Stop the World (2020)
Snapshots from a Pandemic
edited by
Taffy Cannon, Kate Flora, Lise McClendon and Gary Phillips

Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (2017)
edited by
Andrew McAleer and Paul D Marks

Awards

	2021 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel : Blind Vigil
	2020 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel : Lost Tomorrows
	2020 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel : Lost Tomorrows
	2014 Anthony Award for Best First Novel : Yesterday's Echo

Award nominations

	2024 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Odyssey's End
	2022 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : Last Redemption
	2022 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Last Redemption
	2022 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Last Redemption
	2021 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Blind Vigil
	2021 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Blind Vigil
	2021 Barry Award for Best Thriller (nominee) : Blind Vigil
	2019 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : Wrong Light
	2019 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Wrong Light
	2018 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : Blood Truth
	2018 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story (nominee) : The #2 Pencil
	2018 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Blood Truth
	2017 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Dark Fissures
	2017 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : Dark Fissures
	2016 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (nominee) : Night Tremors
	2016 Lefty Award for Best LCC Regional Mystery (nominee) : Night Tremors
	2016 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Night Tremors
	2014 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Yesterday's Echo

Matt Coyle recommends

Hooked (2026)
(Katrina & Goode, book 1)
Caitlin Rother
"Caitlin Rother sets the hook early and reels you in chapter by chapter in this fascinating murder mystery. Rother's attention to detail and crime scene knowledge, which have made her the best true crime writer of our time, gives the novel a gritty sense of verisimilitude. Goode and Katrina are layered and complex characters who come together to make a formidable investigative team. I can't wait to read about their next case!"

Embedded (2025)
(Dakota Judd, book 1)
John Lansing
"Embedded is a hard-hitting fist against hate and Dakota Judd is the perfectly flawed character to lead the charge. Raw, tense, yet thought provoking. Another winner from John Lansing and a promising start to a new series."

Not the Killing Kind (2024)
Maria Kelson
"Maria Kelson has created a compelling character in Boots Marez, the protagonist in Not The Killing Kind. Smart, tough, and determined, Boots will crash through any barrier to try to save her son. An exciting debut!"

You'll Never Find Me (2024)
(Angelhart Investigations, book 1)
Allison Brennan
"Allison Brennan just raised the bar for private eye fiction! You'll Never Find Me is complex, combustible and convincing. Margo Angelhart is a heroine you can root for: a modern private investigator with an old school hard-boiled soul. Secrets, action, suspense, You'll Never Find Me has it all!"

Twice the Trouble (2024)
Ash Clifton
"Twice The Trouble is a gritty, confident and promising debut. A modern hardboiled trek into Florida's dark underbelly. Ash Clifton is a writer to watch!"

Beyond All Doubt (2024)
Hilton Reed
"Beyond All Doubt is not a who done it, but a twisty, compelling who did what. Cameron Kane is sympathetic, yet an unrelenting bulldog in his pursuit of the truth about his wife's death. Intriguing and intense, Beyond All Doubt is a winner!"

Deadly Tides (2023)
(Misty Pines Mystery, book 2)
Mary Keliikoa
"Moody, evocative, yet propulsive."

Saving Myles (2023)
Carl Vonderau
"[Saving Myles] tells a twisty, expertly plotted, and character-driven tale of kidnapping, cartels, and family upheaval."

The Hemingway Deception (2023)
Tj O'Connor
"The Hemingway Deception is a rollercoaster ride of international intrigue, governmental deception and the meaning of family. Tj O'Connor's real-life knowledge of geopolitical affairs shines through on every quick-turning page. Bravo!"

L. A. Burning (2022)
D C Taylor
"In L. A. Burning, D. C. Taylor captures Hollywood's dark underbelly in searing detail with blunt, bare-knuckled prose. An incisive, compelling read."

Endings (2021)
(Endings, book 1)
Linda L Richards
"Linda L. Richards' Endings grabs you by the throat on page one and doesn't let go until The End. The writing is crisp, and the story has plenty of whiplashing twists and turns. Endings is the confident return of a writer at the height of her powers."

All That Fall (2021)
(Emma Lawson Mystery, book 1)
Kris Calvin
"An intricate, textured, thinking person's thriller."

The Guilt We Carry (2019)
Samuel W Gailey
"The Guilt We Carry is heartbreaking, hopeful and touching...Gailey lyrically weaves a story of loss and guilt into one of redemption. Never has misery been so elegantly written."

A-List (2017)
(Jake Longly, book 2)
D P Lyle
"Former baseball player turned P.I. Jake Longly is back on the trail in A-List. A rollicking thrill ride through the mean streets and tasty restaurants of New Orleans. Murder, mobbed-up bad guys, Hollywood heartthrobs, and laughs! What more could you want? D.P. Lyle is at the top of his game!"

The Last Girl (2017)
(Dexter Vega Mystery, book 1)
Danny López
"The Last Girl is a boozy, hard-boiled trek through the sun-drenched streets of Sarasota, Florida to the darkened jungles of Mexico where everyone's playing an angle. A wild ride!"

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